Wash-board



(Model.)

E. BUTZBACH.

WASH BOARD.

Patented May 8, 1883.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 277,109, dated May 8, 1883,l

Application filed June 17, 1881. (Model.) l

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that L'EDWARD BU'rzBAeH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Evansf ton, in the county of-Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wash-Board Protectors; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to an improved attachment for wash-boards to prevent wetting of the garments of the user. My device is designed also to afford a comfortable and somewhat yielding bearing for the body of the user to rest against.

My invention mainly consists in constructing the device of substantially the form hereinafter described, and providing it at its lower edge with a lip to enter thewater-outlet opening which is to be found at the lower end'of the soap-receptacle in all waslrboards.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my device Fig. 2, a plan view of the same as attached to awashboard; Fig. 3, a section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 a plan view of the sheetmetal blank from which the device is formed.

A is a wash-board of ordinary form, having at its upper end the usual soap-receptacle, c, provided with a narrow opening, u, at its lower end, extending its entire width.

My improved protector consists of a plate of sheet metal, bent in such a manner as to form the hat base t, fitting within the soapreceptacle, and the curved back s, and curved sides r, the top of the' back beingbent over, as shown at q, to form a barrier for the splashing water and present a rounded surface to the body of the user, and both the back and sides being made straight, or nearly so, for a short distance above the base t, as indicated at n, to conform to the walls of the soap-receptacle.

I prefer to make the protector from a sheetmetal blank of somewhat oval form, as shown in Fig. 4, two cuts being made, extending inward from one of the longer sides, to form naps p. These flaps are carried underneath the base t and riveted thereto, as shown at o, thus incidentally causing the part beyond the cuts to curve upward to form the sides and back, and causing the base t to project beyond the sides, forming the-lip m, which, when the protector is placed in position upon the board, enters the opening u of the soap-receptacle, thus holding the device firmly in place. The top bend, q, and the squaring toward the base to t the soap-receptacle vare effected subsequently in any convenient way.

As the protector tits within the walls of the soap-receptacle, the'lip will serve, unaided by any other securingtdevice, to hold it in place with sutlicient firmness for all ordinary purposes; but I prefer also to secure it against lifting at its upper end by an additional fastening higher up. This may be in the form of a spring-clamp, Z, as shown in the drawings, or of a hook in the back of the protector, catching in ascrew-eye on the top of the board, or any contrivance adapted to .perform the same function that these perform.

The great advantage of my device is the ease with which it may be attached to any board, and the cheapness, simplicity, and effectiveness of the lip m as a means ot` attachment.

While the device may be cast, if desired, I prefer to make it ot' sheet metal, as described, partly because 'it is cheaper, and partly because, being thin and elastic, it yields some what to the pressure of the body, and hence renders such pressure less fatiguing and injurious to the user than would otherwise be the case.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A Wash-'board protector adapted to fit within the soap-receptacle, and having its base t extended into a lip, lm, to enter the opening at the lower end of the receptacle, substantially as described.

2. A wash-board protector comprising the curved back s, curved sides i", base t, extended to form the lip m, for securing it to the board at its lower end, and a suitable fastening device for securing it to the board above its lower end, substantially as described.

3. A wash-board protector comprising the back s, sides r, and base t, having the lip m, the whole being made from a sheetmetal blank ot' somewhat oval'form, with cuts extendinginward from one of the longer sides IOO thereof to form apsp,tl1ese flaps being bent signed by me this 10th day of February, A.D.

underneath the base ft and secured thereto, 1881. y

the back and sides toward the base shaped to t Within the soap-receptacle, and the top of the back bent over, as shown at g, snbstan- Vitnesses: l

tally as described. l G. H. QUINLAN,

The above specification of my invention l GEO. S. SHAW.

EDWARD YBUCIIZBAGH. 

